s&box, from the creator of the popular Source Engine sandbox Garry’s Mod, released three days ago. s&box is based on the Source 2 engine, and not only a sandbox but a game development and publishing platform, including publishing on Steam.
The news post one day after release openly covers the mixed ratings, public finances, doubling their play fund that pays creators, and public roadmap.
I was surprised to see they openly and transparently publish day-by-day finances.
The public performance stats are interesting too.
Refreshing. I wish more publishers would do these kinds of things with deliberate open communication and transparency.
Their metrics pages:
Was shocked to see that, despite valve giving them money, they don’t seem to support the deck / steamos.
This feels like it would be a great game for the platform, but no support means it likely doesn’t work.
This is extremely interesting to see. I’ll eventually download it and see what people make
